Freeze + crash "too many USB devices connected"

"crashing in PS4 is due to one of 2 things from my experience. Overheating, or HDD failure. First step, clean dust out of device and apply new thermal paste. If device still crashes, and you have a good HDD laying around, try and install it in device and see if it fixes it.

Also make sure you have games backed up as once you do a reinstall they’ll be lost from HDD

Edit: also, I’m unsure of repair shops in Germany, but many over here in the US including the one I work at work on a no fix no charge process. You may have to look around, or maybe there’s one you would be able to ship the device off to for a reasonable shipping cost."

"I also have the first generation Ps4 pro. Absolutely the same problem, I drove it to a service center, but could not solve the problem.

I also noticed that this happens more often in the main menu and “high-performance games”, and much less so in fifa18.

I have different thoughts about the reason (I'm not a technician), but one of the main versions is overheating, because if you put 2 cold packets on the console with milk, it happens less often. Perhaps the point is in temperature sensors, since I have no explanation why this can happen quite often in the main menu."

"I was getting static electricity shocks when I touched my ps4. Went to charge a Juul and got a good static shock. Made my internet go down had to unplug router and modem several times. It work on and off then the message Too many usb devices and the internet on ps4 did not work. I wiped it clean with Initialization and now I can’t get any controller too sync tried everything online still says too many usb devices. I’m thinking the usb chip inside somewhere got fried by Static electricity. Here I sit with ps4 saying

“connect the duelshock using usb cable, and then press ps button”

New cable new controller did not work

USB ports must be fried something inside yours is fried but what part? is it worth fixing probably not?"